Science

ANIMAL ADAPTATION TEACHING RESOURCES
earth/ecology/conservation games
animal adaptation powerpoints
youtube videos
camel, giraffe, penguin
Definition of adaptation
How Do Animals Do That? Part 1
How Do Animals Do That? Part 2
How Do Animals Do That? Part 3
How Do Animals Do That? Part 4
How Do Animals Do That? Part 5
How Do Animals Do That? Part 6 Use Part 6 for Open Court: Elephant Sound and Part 7 for Whale Sounds
How Do Animals Do That? Part 7
BBC Beaver Dam Building
BBC Beaver's Lodge
Architects in Nature: honey bee, beaver, weaver bird, paper wasp, spider
The Food Chain (puppet show)

MAGNETS
Wonders of Magnets
Video: Magnet, Electromagnet
lesson-magnetic poles
lesson-earth's magnetic field

STATIC ELECTRICITY
static charges simulation with balloon-great site!
BrainPop Movie - Static Electricity
BrainPop - Static Electricity/Lightening
National Geographic Interactive Lightening site
Nova Lightening Video
static slide show
Sciencenetlinks - static electricity
Static Electricity-Atoms - ScienceMadeSimple

CURRENT ELECTRICITY
History of Electricity
Electric Circuits - Teachers Domain Lesson Plans
Squishy Circuits
Series Circuit, interactive student resource
Insulators and Conductors-Student Interactive Resource
BrainPop current electricity movie/quiz
The Blobz Guide to Electric Circuits

STUDENT LAB ACTIVITIES
Song: Food Chain-Circle of Life
Food Chain
Animal Adaptations: Animal Classification; Food Chain
Biomes of the World/Ecosystems
Animal Adaptation Games

OTHER RESOURCES:
virtual owl pellet dissection
microscope for ipod
science museum
science projects
MI Science Content Expectations Companion Document
TBAISD 4th Grade Science Pacing Guide
Lawrence Hall of Science